Association of lower extremity lymphedema with pelvic floor functions, sleep quality, kinesiophobia, body image in patients with gynecological cancers

The aim was to investigate the relationship between lower extremity lymphedema and pelvic floor functions, sleep quality, kinesiophobia, body image in patients with gynecological cancer the effect of lymphedema severity on pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), sleep quality, fear of movement, and body ima...

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Published in:Women & health 2023-01, Vol.63 (1), p.27-34
Main Authors: Abakay, Hanife, Dogan, Hanife, Atilabey Güç, Ayşe, Talay Çalış, Havva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body Image
Body measurements
Cancer
Cancer surgery
Data collection
Fear & phobias
Fecal incontinence
Female
Gynecologic cancer
Gynecological cancer
Gynecology
Human body
Humans
Image quality
Kinesiophobia
Lower Extremity
Lymphedema
Lymphedema - diagnosis
Measures
Medical imaging
Neoplasms
Patients
Pelvic Floor - diagnostic imaging
pelvic floor dysfunction
Pelvis
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Self image
Sleep
Sleep Quality
Surgery
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptoms
Urinary incontinence
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Summary:The aim was to investigate the relationship between lower extremity lymphedema and pelvic floor functions, sleep quality, kinesiophobia, body image in patients with gynecological cancer the effect of lymphedema severity on pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), sleep quality, fear of movement, and body image in patients with lower extremity lymphedema after gynecologic cancer. A total of 103 patients (52 patients with lymphedema and 51 patients without lymphedema) after gynecologic cancer surgery were included in March-June 2022. Bilateral circumferential measurements were taken with a tape measure at different levels to create groups. These measurements determined limb volumes by summing segment volumes derived from the truncated cone formula. For data collection, all patients were presented with the Gynecologic Cancer Lymphedema Questionnaire (GCLQ), the Global Pelvic Floor Bother Questionnaire (GPFBQ), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and the Body Image Scale (BIS) one time. The severity of lymphedema symptoms was quite high in patients with lymphedema (GCLQ Total: 13.6) (p 
ISSN:0363-0242
1541-0331
DOI:10.1080/03630242.2022.2155900